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    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    p. 1, col. 1.
    -aṃśika (cf. 1 aṃśa, 2), ifc., belonging to the part

    of; pertaining to; sometimes with vṛddhi of first syllable

    of prior member of cpd.: maraṇāṃśika Mvy 5345, upa-

    pattyaṃśika 5346, belonging to (the part of) death, birth;

    Tib. char gtogs pa, included in the division of (Das); aupa-

    pattyaṃśika = upa° Śikṣ 226.7 ff. (Śāl 87.10 ff.); 253.3,

    5. Equivalent to -aṃśika are -antika in māraṇāntika

    Śikṣ 226.7 ff. (same passage Śāl) and -aṅgika in aupa-

    pattyaṅgika Laṅk 277.6 (said of citta). It is natural to

    suspect that corruption of tradition is responsible for

    one or two of these. But (1) all can be plausibly explained

    as of independent origin; (2) -aṃśika is well authenticated,

    while -antika is supported by Pali (māraṇantika Miln.

    48.11).